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KIOHT MTOFORD tORgQOTf) MAIL TBTBTTIfl Sunday, Angus 18, 1451 ll,"l:.WJ!-HM'.- JJ Mobilga sflfeB; Wr,5T'vVr' "VJ 1 tif I I w- '-err1- m V- LEEPY , - f A" - I'Vll lllTll ll'f MM Bi , NICE WORK "Sleepy," the bear (who is really Les Sears of San Diego) finds his task of amusing the citizenry and publi cizing his firm took on an unusually pleasant aspect Friday as he (left) and Mrs. Pat Driscoll. Earlier Friday and Saturday after noon he had paraded the streets of down town Medford publi cizing the TraveLodge corporation. Frank Keeler (rear) manager of the new TraveLodge which will open in Medford on North Riverside ave., Sept. 11, accompanied him. Boys to Remember Camp Experiences By DICK LAMB District Executive Crater Laic Araa Council Another season has ended for the Scouts of the Crater Lake Area council at Camp McLough- lin. Lake O Woods. In the years to come, more than 600 boys of the council will look back on the weeks spent at camp. For some, the memories will be of the first meal in Elk Lodge. They will remember that Paul and Francis Throne were the cooks again, and if anything, the food was better than ever. Safety Rules Others will remember rather seriously some of the rules for safe hiking procedures after the experience one week of two boys being confused and spend ing a safe but exciting night away from camp and on the trail after they failed to follow in structions. They will remember, too, such simple things as the sun sets in the west, and how to tell directions from a watch. Six hundred Scouts will re member this, and some day, it may pay them a rich dividend. Other Scouts will remember their pleasant hours on the lake under the able supervision of the waterfront staff. They will re member how Leon McDougall, the waterfront director, told them the rules for safe swim ming and boating; how Wilson Gilinsky, Wayne Breeze, and Bob Paine spent nearly all of the day light hours working with them to teach them to swim; how to save the lives of others, and how to maneuver a boat or canoe. In years to come, these things, too, may return great dividends. To Remember Campfires r All of the Scouts will remem ber the camp fires. They will re member such things as the open ing ceremonies, when Larry Hammond, dressed, in full Indian regalia, addressed the four winds and as if by magic, fire came to the fire lay. They will remember the skits put on by John Grubb. and what a good sport John Van Dyke, the camp clerk, was when the staff put on some of its stunts. They will all remember the Saturday night Courts of Honor where those Scouts that had ad vanced in rank were recognized for their efforts. J. A. McDou gall, the Council Scout commis sioner was present for most of the courts, and served as the chairman of the Court of Honor. Sing of Old Smoky The Scouts will also remem ber the fun they had singing. Even now, many are still sing ing about a mountain called Old Smoky, that Jerry Sliger, the rifle instructor taught them and led from time to time. Their memories will include the men and young men who served on the camp staff. They'll remember them as one of the finest groups of young men ever brought together. Dick Clark, Jim Gordon. Bob Glover, Mike Barnum, and Mike Forbes are a few of them. Dennis Patton. Brian Schroeder, Jim Boyd and Glen Allison are others. All of these young men worked for six weeks to provide an exciting, worthwhile and enjoyable ex perience for these Scouts from Yreka. Cave Junction, Grants Pass. Etna. Mt. Shasta, Pondosa. Medford and all the other parts of this Crater Lake Area council. Many Activities There will be hundreds of memories hikes up Brown Mountain and Mt. McLoughlin, learning S handle and shoot safely a .22 rifle, how to shoot a bow and arrow, the experiences at the handicraft area where boys learned to make things and express themselves, and learning the phases of Scoutcraft under the direction oi their Scout masters. And finally, we hope that they will remember the words spoken to them by the program director, Jack Holmes, at the campfire on the opening night that "the Law of our camp is the Scout Law . And we hope that they will re member through the months and years to follow the pledge that they took and will take again, that "On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty to God and my country ..." Yes, the 1956 camping season at Camp McLoughlin has ended, but we hope that these memor ies and others will stay with this 600 boys and enrich their lives and help them to grow into man hood as good citizens of our communities. Talent Schools Set Sept. 10 Opening; Buses To Operate Talent Talent public schools, District 22, will open Monday, September 10, with school hours from 8:40 a.m. to 3:40 p.m. Buses will make runs at the same times as in previous years. Any changes in routing will be announced later, school officials said. The Anderson bus will make its first run leaving the Anderson turn-around at 7:45 a.m. Second run begins at 8:10 a.m. The Valley bus will begin its first run at King's on the south district boundary, with the second run to begin at 8 a.m. Cafeteria Open The cafeteria will be open for the first day of school. Children may purchase meal tickets or pay each day, with prices for Grades 1 to 5 set at 25 cents per meal. Grades 6 to 12, 35 cents per meal. Parents of children who have never attended Talent schools are reminded that birth certifi cates are necessary for registra tion and a complete physical ex amination results on forms pro vided by the school, must be signed by a physician and pre sented. Forms may be secured from Francis Farthing's office in the elementary building after Aug. 27 or at the county health office. Children who will be six years old on or before Nov. 15 are eligible to attend school. Hells Canyon Bill Seen If Adlai Wins Salem-jll.BSen. Wayne Morse (D-Ore.) said Friday that if Adlai Stevenson is elected presi dent "Hells Canyon legislation will be put through Congress by March 15." Morse, on a campaign tour calling for 14 to 17 stops a day, told a coffee hour audience that there was also the possibility of favorable court action to "save" the Hells Canyon site for federal development. Idaho Power Com pany is currently building Brownlee dam in the Hells Can yon stretch of the Snake river. Morse said he favored con struction of John Day dam on the Columbia by the Klickitat county PUD, providing the fed eral government could not build the project. The Klickitat group announced it was filing for a per mit to construct the dam. Use Tribune Want Ads Quick in Results! Just Call 2-6741 ILLINOIS VALLEY Storms Said Spectacular By FRANK STRICKLAND Cave Junction An hour after sunset Monday this valley was treated to a spectacular electri cal storm. Coming as a thunder head from the southeast, dark, swirling, clouds quickly encir cled the region, promising the first rain of the season. Blinding ribbons of forked lightning shot from heavens to hills. Some cou rageous citizens watched the show through dark glasses, while we timid ones sought cover from the unpredictable electrical charges. When the upsurging clouds merged overhead and the elec trical display faded out, resi dents settled down to enjoy a typical Oregon shower, which was scarcely enough to lay the valley s dust. Earth-shaking explosions heard south of Cave Junction's business district last week came from blasting out the fourth and last bedrock excavation preparatory to pouring foundation for the midstream pier on the new High way 199 bridge crossing the east fork of the Illinois river. Extensive improvements and drainage along "Old Stage Road," now an improved resi dential street in Cave Junction, are nearing completion. The "road," which parallels Main st. three blocks east of the city, was once the only north-south passage across the Illinois valley and was used by stage coaches between Grant Pass and Cres cent City, Calif. Spitz field, a Veterans of For eign Wars recreational park two blocks east of Cave Junction business district and off State Highway 46, has been prepared to accommodate the crowds ex pected to attend this region's 16th annual Labor day celebration. Row after row of concession stands have been- set up under huge shade trees. A concrete dance platform occupies the park's center, with a small recre ational field and grandstand to the north. Many games, contest, and exhibitions have been added to the festivities since the official program was brought out. The celebration will run the first three days next month. Wooddy's Farm and Garden, one of this valley's feed and seed stores, located at Cave Junction, announces thrice-weekly veteri narian service from the store. Drs. Robert Lee and Leonard Wood of the Pacific Veterinary hospital at Grants Pass will be on call from the store Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays each week. Two of Cave Junction's super markets have improved their store fronts recently with new porches. The Illinois Market, op erated by Homer Smith and Bill Carter, recently installed neon strip lighting, while Charlie's Market on South Main, operated by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Liss, erected a rustic veranda with old fashioned "hitching" post Clifford, Nate and Oscar Sar gent, 50, 73, and 53 respectively, of Coquille, Ore., were arrested by Cave Junction police and tried Monday on drinking and traffic violation charges. The brothers were fined and their car impounded and sold locally by order of Municipal Judge Paul Glines. The driver, Clifford, was operating the ve hicle while his drivers license was in suspension. According to the court this was his third traf fic violation since his operators licenses was picked up. He was fined $154 for Monday's viola tion. Nate, registered owner of the automobile, drew a $25 sus pended fine as did his brother, Oscar. Fire Wednesday destroyed the Southern Oregon Archery Sup ply Co., at Kerby, two miles north of Cave Junction. The fac tory, owned and operated by Claude Reinholdt, manufactured archery equipment and supplies which were shipped to dealers throughout the U.S. According to Cave Junction police, who went to the fire to direct traffic, the loss will approach $35,000, on which there was no insurance. Our social correspondent, Frieda Thayer, left Wednesday to take over a job not too often held by a woman. Frieda took off early for Serpentine Peak, some 25 miles from Cave Junc tion, to "man" the fire lookout tower for the U.S. Forest Serv ice. According to Frieda, she has done this kind of work before and thoroughly enjoys the lonely vigil, which keeps her up in the air for as long as three months some seasons. At times she has occupied a small "crow's nest' atop a tower on the summits of southwestern Oregon's highest ranges. While doing her lookout stints, the only contact she has with the outside world is two- way .voice radio. Her only com panions are wild animals includ ing chipmunks, which she much prefers over the average run of the lot. When asked what she does in spare time up there Frieda said, "train chipmunks.' Leslie Pearson of O'Brien, eight miles south of Cave Junc tion, swerved his automobile to avoid another car on the Illinois River hill south of the business district here Sunday, and over turned his '56 Buick, completely wrecking it. Pearson and a man whose name was not learned were severely shaken up, but neither suffered serious injury. GOLD HILL Cement Plant Roof Burns By MRS. SAM ELLIOTT Gold Hill The roof of the rock bin at the Ideal Cement factory caught fire about 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 21, and was demolished. Company officials did not know what caused the fire. Factory employees and members of the Rogue River rural fire department managed to confine the blaze to the roof. Miss Rose Drake, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Drake, managers of the Lazy Acres Motel is; spend ing two weeks in Gardenia, Calif, where she visiting with a school friend, Miss Lonna Schenck. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Mowrys, recently of Chicago, 111., have purchased the W. J. Nunn home on Lampman rd. The Mowrys have four boys all school age, one who will enter Crater High this year. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morien are leaving Monday to keep an ap pointment in Los Angeles with Morien's doctor. They are leav ing, via Greyhound bus to be there the 29th. Morien's eyes are much better. Charles Bruce killed a 5 foot rattlesnake with 10 rattles and one button. On questioning him where he shot this viper he answered, "Well you know the old Whitcome Riley next door. Anyhow I shot it down the hole." Mrs. Edith Thompson has been visiting her daughter at Rose dale, Calif. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Srouse and their two children. En route home she stopped and visited her son and family in Redding, Calif., Mr. and Mrs. Cleo Swindler. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Bennett and three children, former resi dents of Gold Hill, who are now living in Ontario, have been spending their vacation visiting their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed ward Bennett of Medford and Mrs. Mable Davis, Mrs. Bennett's mother, and her brother Rich ard Davis of Gold Hill. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Cala- han are back from a trip to Fresno, Calif., where they have been visiting friends and rel atives. The Lawrence Smith have had as guests the last week, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Morns of Van couver, Wash. The Morris stop poed en route to visit with their son Allen -Petty of Coos Bay. Mrs. Petty was here at the Lawrences the week before with her twin daughters, Jan and Debby. Mr. and Mrs. Wilburs. Martin have made a trade in real estate with Harold Gist. The Martin home located on Fourth avenue in Gold Hill, was traded for three acres of river frontage on the Upper River rd. The former Gist property does not have a home on it,-just a garage and implement shed. The Martins have already started building on their new home which they plan to move into by the first of October. It is noted that the Ferd Jones' home is having its face lifted with a brand new foundation. Larry Priser of Portland is here visiting with his aunt, Mrs. Sam Elliott, Uncle Sam Elliott and his cousin Johnny. Priser has made this trip every sum mer since his fourth birthday and he is now seven years old. The S. F. Ramsey home was the scene of a family reunion last week. Visiting were a sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCaslin and brother Henry Hocking of Forest Grove, nep hew and family, Mr. and Mrs. Orville McCaslin of Seattle, Wash., a sister-in-law, Mrs. Let tie Hockling of Smith River, a niece and family, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Thoresen of Crescent City and a nephew and family Mr. and Mrs. Clifford McCaslin of Central Point. Visiting the Walter Doherty Upper River home were Dr. Ronald Hann and family of Los Angeles. The Hann's and Doher ty's were in Pacific college to gether near Helena, Calif., where they were all students. Mrs. Doherty played the organ beautifully on the occasion of the Chadwick and Qintin nup tials in the Seventh Day Ad ventist church on the 19th. Reedsport Boy Dies From Gunshot Wound Reedsport (U.R) Joe Wes sella, 16-year-old Reedsport high school senior, died in a North Bend hospital Thursday about three hours after a .22 caliber rifle accidentally discharged. Wessella had been target prac ticing with the rifle. Th bullet struck him in the head. TEACHER GETS BREAK Naur Britain. Conn. U.R) Corporation Counsel George J. Coyle has ruled that its all right for teachers to "adminis ter such corporal punishment as may ba necessary.' JACKSONVILLE More Storm Damage Listed By MRS. C. S. HOSKINS Jacksonville News of dam age to telephone and power lines from fallen trees and limbs, blown out TV picture tubes, and narrow escapes, continue to be reported after last week's two spectacular electrical storms. During the height of the electri cal display many confessed to ap plying the somewhat cowardly but effective method of jumping in bed and covering the head, (in cluding the timid soul of this correspondent). The Harold Staggs, 904 Hill st., reported a transformer near their home was struck and the lightning traveled down the line into their house, blowing the fuses, knocking the phone out, causing some damage to their home and putting the immediate area out of power for over 24 hours. Returning travelers this week from a seven week, 9,100-mile automobile trip to Alaska were Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Reavis and family. They were accompanied on the trip by the J. W. Straubes of the Applegate. En route home the Straubes continued on to Wisconsin where they plan to visit friends before returning here before school starts. The Reavises report many unforget table sights along the Alaska highway to the Yukon in both scenery and wild life such as bear, moose, beaver and moun tain sheep, as well as snow capped mountains and numerous fishing streams. They drove to Circle, the farthest point north one can drive on the North Amer ican continent. Mr. and Mrs Warren Hazen returned this week from a vaca tion trip spent mostly in the Puget Sound country around Seattle ' and Snoqualmie Falls area in Washington. While there they visited friends and relatives and their old home in Index, Wash. Miss Alyce Atherton, daughter of Mrs. Fred Dutton, is home from University of Oregon med ical school at Portland where she is a student nurse. Miss Ath erton is a member of Delta Delta sorority. She and the Fred Dut tons are leaving this week for a vacation in Canada. Mr. and Mrs. W. E. McCulley of Darwin, Calif., and Mr. and Mrs. Jack McCulley of San An gelo, Tex., were house guests last week at the home of the L. E. Bennetts in Medford and vis ited the Archie Rock and John Hamaker families in Jackson ville, to whom they are related. Archie Rock and Glenn Heath of Central Point took a business trip to Bellingham, Wash., last week. After returning home Mr. and Mrs. Rock and two children Joe and Melody took a trip to Depoe Bay to spend a few days on the coast. Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Watts of Central Point were last Sunday visitors at the home of the John Hamakers. Mr. and Mrs. John Saulsberry of Berkeley, Calif., left last week after spending a wee's visit with Saulsberry's mother, Mrs. Lulu Saulsberry in Jacksonville. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Mc- Crackin of Lees Summit, Mo., are guests at the home of Mrs. McCrackin's son, Dick Legg. While here the McCrackins flew to Coos Bay to visit .the coast and also made a trip with the Leggs to Crater Lake. They plan to leave Jacksonville next week for home. Lee Hardy and Lee Hodson are on a fishing trip in Canada. Mrs. Lee Hardy is with their Employee of UN Discharged as Spy Washington (U.R) The State Department has announced that a Russian employee of the U.N. Secretariat has been fired for spying in the United States. The department identified the employee as Viktor Ivanovich Petrov. It said he has already left the United States. He was employed as a translator. The State Department said 'the information was based on evidence furnished by the De partment of Justice that Petrov had attempted to obtain informa tion vital to the security and de fense of the United States." The State Department said Petrov was dismissed by U.N. Secretary-general Dag Ham marskjold after the United States furnished him information on Petrov's spying. '6 V era 1$ t J u son and family. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hardy in Grants Pass. Mrs. Arthur Davis underwent major surgery last Tuesday at the Rogue Valley hospital and is doing well. The Jacksonville Royal Neigh bors gave a baby shower last Tuesday honoring Mrs. Jerry Montgomery, former resident here, now of Ashland. A large group attended and gifts were presented for the exgected baby. A family picnic was held last Sunday at Beaver Creek for George Berrimen of Springfield, III., who has been visiting at the home of his brother, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Berrimen. Family mem bers attending the picnic were Mr. and Mrs. Byron Sanford and son, the Don Sanfords and chil dren, Mr. and Mrs. Russell Ber rimen and daughter, the E. O. Grahams and children, Mr. and Mrs. Don Wendt and the Joe Berrimens. George Berrimen left this week after a ten day visit here. A surprise lawn party honor ing Susie Sanford on her fifth birthday was held Aug. 22 at the home of her grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Byron Sanford. The hostesses for the party were Miss Melba' Graham and Miss Carol McBeth. About 14 chil dren were present and other guests included Mrs. Joe Berri men, Mrs. Charles McBeth, Mrs. Byron Sanford, Mrs. Don San ford, Mrs. E. O. Graham, Mrs. Eugene Pyeatt, and Mrs. Ken neth Knapp of Medford. Birth day refreshments were served and games played. Recent guests at the Earl Wall residence were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bransford and children of Bay City, Ore. Returning here with them was Miss Doris Wall, who has been visiting at the Bransfords in Bay City for sev eral weeks, helping Mrs. Brans ford with a newly arrived baby. Committal services were held in the Jacksonville cemetery last week for Lee C. Port of Ruch and Fred K. Barker of Central Point Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Long and children, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. Burle S. Griffin of Spring st., Medford, recently spent a few days vacation at Surfside, near Brookings. After returning to Jacksonville the Longs took a few days trip to Napa, Calif., where they visited with Long's mother, Mrs. Clercy J. Long, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Sparlin and family. Neuberger Asks Indian Hearing Portland (U.R) Sen. Richard L. Neuberger has requested the Indian Affairs subcommittee of the U. S. Senate to hold a hear ing in Klamath Falls sometime in October on the reservation termination program affecting the Klamath Indian tribe. Neu berger is a member of the sub committee. "Unless Congress puts a legis lative brake on this whole hasty proceeding," Neuberger said. "I am convinced that great damage will be done not only to the Klamath tribe, but also to the entire economy of southwestern Oregon. It is obvious that the vast ponderosa pine timber stand belonging to the Indians must be kept in sustained yield, under some form of government super vision. Otherwise, it might be gutted and looted, with resulting disaster to watersheds, wildlife, and the people, both Indian and White, of that area." Neuberger expressed hope that the Senate committee could come to Oregon after a meeting on Indian problems to be held under sponsorship of the state's religious leaders on the Willam ette University campus in Salem Sept. 27. 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